Park Board · Monday, February 22, 2021 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

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2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of January 25, 2021

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4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Hillside Park & Blackberry Park - Project & Public Engagement Update

Director · 60 min · Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services

Topics: Parks

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0:04 ↗ okay good evening everyone

0:06 ↗ let's make call call call to order here

0:08 ↗ for our meeting of uh

0:10 ↗ february 22nd 2021

0:17 ↗ so with that

0:20 ↗ i'm gonna start tonight with a roll call

0:24 ↗ so when i call your name if you could

0:26 ↗ please unmute if you're muted

0:28 ↗ and just acknowledge your presence

0:31 ↗ uh reuben

0:36 ↗ uh jonathan present

0:41 ↗ chris president

0:45 ↗ uh jeremy

0:48 ↗ jeremy uh unmute and just say hello you

0:58 ↗ with us jeremy

1:00 ↗ i got a thumbs up from jeremy uh

1:03 ↗ danielle

1:06 ↗ danielle here thank you

1:10 ↗ and that covers all of us here so far

1:12 ↗ this evening

1:14 ↗ uh i'm going to start with the minutes

1:16 ↗ everybody have an opportunity to review

1:18 ↗ minutes

1:20 ↗ oh but i think i figured out the mute

1:21 ↗ button there we go

1:24 ↗ any uh comments questions about uh

1:27 ↗ last month's uh minutes

1:32 ↗ not seeing anything i'm gonna

1:35 ↗ change this out around a little bit

1:37 ↗ nowadays rather than voting on it

1:38 ↗ i'm just going to say are there any

1:40 ↗ objections to minutes from

1:42 ↗ our january meeting

1:46 ↗ i'm not seeing any objections so the

1:49 ↗ minutes

1:49 ↗ are hereby approved thank you for that

1:57 ↗ uh our next section is public comments

1:59 ↗ i'm not actually seeing

2:00 ↗ anyone with us from the community here

2:03 ↗ this evening

2:05 ↗ and uh jeff have you received any emails

2:08 ↗ or anyone

2:08 ↗ from the community that wanted to make a

2:12 ↗ comment

2:13 ↗ uh thanks brad no public comments

2:16 ↗ given to me uh in regards to park board

2:18 ↗ meeting tonight okay

2:20 ↗ public comments are closed

2:25 ↗ uh so we really only have one um

2:29 ↗ regular business item this evening

2:31 ↗ covering two areas which is going to be

2:32 ↗ hillside park and blackberry park

2:35 ↗ uh project uh update on that

2:38 ↗ we're actually having some public

2:40 ↗ engagement coming up here later this

2:42 ↗ week on that

2:44 ↗ so jeff it looks like uh this is your

2:48 ↗ show will take this item

2:51 ↗ uh thanks brad good evening everyone um

2:54 ↗ yeah we uh as you know as we've reviewed

2:57 ↗ our 2021 work plan

2:59 ↗ um these two projects are high priority

3:03 ↗ for city council and mayor as they

3:06 ↗ adopted the 2021 budget

3:09 ↗ both involve primarily play areas

3:13 ↗ one at hillside park really stemming

3:17 ↗ from

3:18 ↗ some extensive public engagement in 2014

3:20 ↗ and then

3:21 ↗ um as well blackberry park which is a

3:24 ↗ relatively new

3:26 ↗ uh park to the city of issaquah was

3:29 ↗ transferred from king county in 2017.

3:31 ↗ i thought tonight would be a great

3:33 ↗ opportunity before we even have our

3:36 ↗ public engagement

3:38 ↗ just to have a discussion and share with

3:41 ↗ you the approach

3:42 ↗ that we're taking to these projects and

3:44 ↗ also the approach that we're taking

3:46 ↗ uh to our neighborhood engagement effort

3:48 ↗ um

3:49 ↗ what i thought i'd do is give you all a

3:52 ↗ sneak peek

3:52 ↗ to the presentations that we're going to

3:54 ↗ be giving

3:56 ↗ on wednesday night wednesday night the

3:58 ↗ 24th for those

4:00 ↗ in the audience that are listening we

4:01 ↗ have a webex

4:03 ↗ virtual meeting for hillside park

4:07 ↗ and then the next evening thursday night

4:09 ↗ the 25th of february

4:11 ↗ we have a webex virtual meeting in

4:14 ↗ regards to blackberry park

4:15 ↗ so i'm going to try and be tech savvy

4:18 ↗ here and share

4:18 ↗ my screen i'd love a thumbs up once i

4:23 ↗ do this are you all seeing a

4:27 ↗ hillside park play area photo

4:30 ↗ yep great

4:34 ↗ all right so um like i said

4:37 ↗ uh i think this is really a fun chance

4:40 ↗ to share with you

4:42 ↗ um approach that we're taking um i i

4:44 ↗ believe i

4:45 ↗ i shared in january that uh we've gone

4:47 ↗ through a selection process we've

4:49 ↗ selected

4:50 ↗ uh methune architects um as our

4:53 ↗ consultant team to help us with this

4:55 ↗ we've been working

4:56 ↗ with them on site analysis

5:01 ↗ the historical just materials

5:04 ↗ community outreach we've heard from both

5:06 ↗ of these parks

5:08 ↗ as well as really looking at and taking

5:10 ↗ a newer approach to

5:12 ↗ play in these park spaces and and and

5:15 ↗ play areas

5:16 ↗ um like i said these are our

5:18 ↗ presentations that we're going to share

5:20 ↗ uh with the community i'll go over

5:22 ↗ hillside park first and then

5:24 ↗ open it up for just feedback and

5:27 ↗ and questions um and thoughts that you

5:31 ↗ all might have

5:32 ↗ uh these both these projects are similar

5:34 ↗ and that we're looking at players but i

5:36 ↗ think what you'll find is that

5:38 ↗ the sites themselves have some real

5:41 ↗ unique elements

5:42 ↗ and unique um

5:46 ↗ discussions that we want to have with

5:47 ↗ the community so

5:49 ↗ hillside park first both evenings mayor

5:51 ↗ paulie will be joining us so she'll

5:54 ↗ open up with some comments and a welcome

5:56 ↗ to the to the community

5:58 ↗ my goal in sharing all this info with

6:00 ↗ you tonight is not necessarily to get

6:02 ↗ your

6:04 ↗ feedback on the questions we're going to

6:05 ↗ be asking but really

6:07 ↗ um or the questions themselves but

6:09 ↗ really just the the format and flow

6:11 ↗ um and what you think of this the agenda

6:15 ↗ for

6:15 ↗ the evening particularly hillside park

6:19 ↗ will be

6:20 ↗ really starting with the 2014 feedback

6:22 ↗ we heard from the community that that

6:24 ↗ will really

6:24 ↗ serve as the baseline uh for and is

6:28 ↗ serving for the baseline

6:29 ↗ of the project here at hillside park uh

6:32 ↗ we'll also spend some time talking about

6:34 ↗ the site analysis and the environmental

6:36 ↗ conditions that we're

6:38 ↗ aware of then we'll talk about citing

6:41 ↗ options

6:42 ↗ based upon that initial site analysis

6:46 ↗ and environmental conditions

6:48 ↗ uh we'll then talk quite a bit about

6:52 ↗ play

6:52 ↗ and and what play means and um go

6:55 ↗ through a series

6:56 ↗ of questions and community feedback

6:59 ↗ we'll be using

7:00 ↗ some technology where we can get some

7:02 ↗ real-time feedback

7:03 ↗ that night as to

7:06 ↗ um experience character

7:09 ↗ how do we best blend this player into

7:12 ↗ the natural environment there at

7:14 ↗ hillside park

7:15 ↗ what you'll see in the presentation is

7:17 ↗ we'll be certainly reinforcing that idea

7:20 ↗ we're going to talk with the community

7:23 ↗ about

7:24 ↗ um sort of different polling links and

7:27 ↗ opportunities we're going to have

7:29 ↗ while the meeting is going on i'll also

7:32 ↗ note we'll share

7:33 ↗ both evenings we're going to be

7:34 ↗ recording each of these meetings

7:37 ↗ and giving the community an opportunity

7:40 ↗ over the next week

7:42 ↗ to watch um and to provide their

7:44 ↗ feedback from us

7:45 ↗ so uh we we thought that was really

7:48 ↗ important to

7:48 ↗ not only get live feedback that night

7:50 ↗ but then through

7:52 ↗ really recording uh the event give

7:54 ↗ opportunity for

7:56 ↗ other neighbors community members that

7:58 ↗ aren't able to attend

7:59 ↗ to give us feedback as well so they'll

8:01 ↗ be a mix of utilizing the chat box we'll

8:03 ↗ have some polling live

8:04 ↗ chat polling going on as well as another

8:08 ↗ tool called

8:08 ↗ mentimeter uh

8:11 ↗ as the agenda says we're going to dive

8:14 ↗ into talking about analysis

8:16 ↗ and in regards to hillside park uh

8:18 ↗ really that analysis starts with

8:20 ↗ the 24 teen community

8:23 ↗ feedback and discussion that we had uh

8:26 ↗ specific to the play area there was a

8:28 ↗ real interest in a play area

8:30 ↗ um more natural play

8:34 ↗ and and materials uh that really blend

8:36 ↗ into the environment and

8:38 ↗ blend into the really the aesthetic of

8:40 ↗ hillside park

8:41 ↗ um these gorgeous you see the photo here

8:44 ↗ tall

8:44 ↗ cedar trees um and and really that that

8:48 ↗ meadow forest and meadow feel

8:50 ↗ um how do we create play that that

8:52 ↗ really blends into that

8:53 ↗ it doesn't interfere or take away from

8:57 ↗ current features of the park circulation

9:00 ↗ was another

9:01 ↗ theme that that we'll go over

9:04 ↗ in terms of trails accessibility

9:09 ↗ view and surveillance into the into

9:10 ↗ these areas

9:12 ↗ some drainage issues that existed within

9:14 ↗ the field so just reinforcing what we

9:15 ↗ heard in 2014 is the starting point

9:18 ↗ and then you'll see as i go through

9:20 ↗ these presentations these opportunities

9:22 ↗ for chat will really be queuing up the

9:24 ↗ community

9:25 ↗ uh to provide us any other info in this

9:28 ↗ case

9:28 ↗ you know what's missing or or have

9:31 ↗ priorities changed

9:33 ↗ for the individuals that are listening

9:36 ↗ in

9:37 ↗ we'll spend some time highlighting the

9:38 ↗ project focus in this case it really is

9:41 ↗ looking at play and how to incorporate a

9:43 ↗ play area a rightly scaled

9:46 ↗ play area into this park as a walk-in

9:49 ↗ park we're not changing this

9:51 ↗ um we're not creating parking um so we

9:54 ↗ we want this to be a a player that

9:57 ↗ really serves

9:58 ↗ um in that existing scale of the park um

10:02 ↗ i noticed um just even in sharing this

10:04 ↗ all with you

10:05 ↗ this is still a draft we are going to

10:08 ↗ also look at

10:09 ↗ um ways that we can address some of the

10:12 ↗ drainage as we're sighting and locating

10:14 ↗ uh the play area so there's

10:18 ↗ still a few changes we need to make to

10:20 ↗ this presentation

10:21 ↗ next in the analysis we really want to

10:23 ↗ dive into some of the environmental

10:24 ↗ realities

10:26 ↗ of the site of the area um

10:29 ↗ methuen and their consultant team do a

10:32 ↗ great job of

10:33 ↗ really again starting big picture but

10:35 ↗ really honing in on one of the

10:37 ↗ environmental area

10:39 ↗ environmental elements of this

10:42 ↗ of this site we're also going to

10:45 ↗ talk with the community on tuesday night

10:47 ↗ about

10:49 ↗ the new environmental checklist which is

10:51 ↗ part of our

10:52 ↗ project process um introducing that

10:55 ↗ introducing um how taking a look at

11:00 ↗ the critical areas both on the site and

11:03 ↗ off site that may have buffers within

11:05 ↗ this two acre

11:05 ↗ two acre site are really an important

11:08 ↗ element that we're looking at

11:10 ↗ from the get go of this project

11:13 ↗ so we'll spend some time talking about

11:14 ↗ that again inviting feedback

11:16 ↗ on other environmental areas or issues

11:20 ↗ that

11:21 ↗ a community might be aware of we'll then

11:24 ↗ talk through this sort of the right side

11:27 ↗ of the screen here talks about

11:28 ↗ considerations and really elements of

11:30 ↗ this environmental checklist that

11:32 ↗ will be important as we go through the

11:35 ↗ the process

11:36 ↗ uh this first neighborhood engagement is

11:39 ↗ going to lead

11:40 ↗ into a second neighborhood meeting that

11:42 ↗ we'll be having

11:44 ↗ in april where we'll be bringing back

11:46 ↗ not only feedback on the elements of the

11:48 ↗ the player and the project but also

11:52 ↗ on the environmental checklist and how

11:55 ↗ as we're incorporating the project we're

11:57 ↗ also

11:58 ↗ incorporating in the environmental

12:01 ↗ realities of the of the site

12:04 ↗ we'll then spend some time talking about

12:05 ↗ the context of the site itself

12:08 ↗ starting with a this overview of of

12:11 ↗ the site um hillside park this orangish

12:15 ↗ area really just being the the two acres

12:17 ↗ of

12:17 ↗ a bigger hillside but this two-acre

12:20 ↗ neighborhood park is where we're

12:23 ↗ looking at incorporating in the the play

12:25 ↗ area

12:26 ↗ uh some photos to give context um of the

12:29 ↗ site what what exists now

12:31 ↗ what some of the feel of the area we

12:34 ↗ imagine most of the people tuned in to

12:36 ↗ this meeting

12:37 ↗ are familiar with the site but just some

12:39 ↗ opportunities to give context

12:42 ↗ i mentioned earlier for those of you

12:44 ↗ that maybe have not been there

12:47 ↗ this park really has one main walk-in

12:50 ↗ entry point off of mount mckinley

12:52 ↗ drive there's another trail that comes

12:55 ↗ through the cemetery but

12:56 ↗ it truly is a walk-in space and that'll

12:59 ↗ be important to how we

13:01 ↗ think about incorporating play into the

13:02 ↗ site looking at some other

13:05 ↗ elements uh that of the site realities

13:08 ↗ of the site some buffers the buffer to

13:10 ↗ the cemetery

13:11 ↗ uh what buffers look like to the to the

13:13 ↗ residential areas

13:16 ↗ again some context photos

13:20 ↗ areas we're aware of some critical areas

13:22 ↗ we're very aware of

13:23 ↗ um and we'll need to be reviewing are

13:25 ↗ looking at steep slopes and and what

13:27 ↗ setbacks look like there

13:29 ↗ again with some some context photos

13:34 ↗ and then with this context and with some

13:36 ↗ of these environmental realities at

13:37 ↗ least begin to offer up some feedback

13:40 ↗ and opportunities for for community

13:42 ↗ thoughts on

13:43 ↗ where we might um consider locating

13:47 ↗ a play area each of these areas would

13:49 ↗ have trade-offs that we'll talk through

13:53 ↗ again the idea is not settling on a

13:56 ↗ final site on wednesday night but really

13:58 ↗ beginning to invite some feedback

14:01 ↗ from the community in terms of initial

14:04 ↗ thoughts they might have on on feel for

14:06 ↗ the site

14:07 ↗ another reality is we want that we want

14:10 ↗ to introduce to the neighborhood

14:12 ↗ is given this desire at hillside in

14:15 ↗ particular of

14:16 ↗ of the trees of

14:19 ↗ so much of of the natural experience of

14:21 ↗ hillside and how we can incorporate play

14:24 ↗ into that natural area is this idea of

14:27 ↗ we can think creatively about how to

14:29 ↗ incorporate play it doesn't necessarily

14:31 ↗ have to be

14:32 ↗ the traditional one big large play area

14:36 ↗ that's just

14:37 ↗ plopped into a space but again beginning

14:40 ↗ to get some feedback and

14:42 ↗ welcoming this idea of

14:45 ↗ um maybe we have a concentrated player

14:48 ↗ but also this idea of dispersing play

14:51 ↗ throughout the site

14:52 ↗ we could do it in this sort of play area

14:55 ↗ and then a couple of discovery areas or

14:58 ↗ even this idea of a series of small play

15:01 ↗ experiences

15:02 ↗ play areas incorporated

15:05 ↗ and connected either with a trail or

15:08 ↗ throughout the site

15:10 ↗ and again just a chance to invite some

15:13 ↗ feedback

15:14 ↗ on that um and then jumping right into

15:19 ↗ um these ideas of play and beginning to

15:21 ↗ get some feedback

15:22 ↗ as to how the community would like to

15:26 ↗ consider play not all play is the same

15:28 ↗ thing

15:28 ↗ i know oftentimes we'll look at a play

15:30 ↗ area and just think oh player is a play

15:32 ↗ area but

15:33 ↗ um i think bethune and this approach of

15:36 ↗ really

15:37 ↗ thinking of play the the variety of play

15:40 ↗ that existed

15:41 ↗ exists i think will will allow us to

15:44 ↗ create a play space and a play area that

15:47 ↗ really blends into the neighborhood but

15:48 ↗ also um

15:51 ↗ serves that squawk mountain community

15:53 ↗ really well

15:54 ↗ um given this is a virtual meeting and

15:56 ↗ we're going to try and get

15:57 ↗ really creative and and how to get

15:59 ↗ feedback on

16:01 ↗ um ideas and concepts uh methune does a

16:05 ↗ great job of

16:06 ↗ of creating these um or providing these

16:09 ↗ images that again are not meant to be

16:12 ↗ exact concepts that are going to be as

16:14 ↗ part of hillside but

16:16 ↗ uh really start to welcome um and maybe

16:18 ↗ open up some

16:19 ↗ some creative thinking or or

16:23 ↗ at least some initial um

16:26 ↗ visuals for the community to to react

16:29 ↗ off of versus just

16:30 ↗ um words i think we all tend to be quite

16:34 ↗ visual

16:35 ↗ in our experiences and

16:38 ↗ these visuals could certainly help

16:40 ↗ garner community feedback so

16:43 ↗ again looking at both types of

16:45 ↗ structures mix of materials with

16:47 ↗ hillside in particular we really are

16:49 ↗ trying to emphasize some of the natural

16:51 ↗ play natural woods um rope

16:55 ↗ netting nature play adventure play

16:58 ↗ um again i'm not going through this

17:00 ↗ survey like we're going to go through

17:02 ↗ with the community but

17:04 ↗ you'll just see trying to

17:07 ↗ really invite different ways to think of

17:09 ↗ play different ways to think of

17:11 ↗ accessibility

17:14 ↗ family use do we want to

17:18 ↗ consider ways of of exploration and and

17:21 ↗ really inviting creative play as opposed

17:23 ↗ to just the traditional

17:25 ↗ plop and play how do we want to

17:26 ↗ incorporate seating um how do we want to

17:29 ↗ incorporate art

17:30 ↗ that's another element that we're

17:32 ↗ looking at is and an art doesn't have to

17:34 ↗ be

17:34 ↗ again just a plopped piece of public art

17:37 ↗ but how can art be

17:39 ↗ part of play and and part of really

17:41 ↗ celebrating what

17:42 ↗ uh what that park is so that i believe

17:46 ↗ is the last slide of this draft of

17:48 ↗ hillside i'm going to stop there before

17:50 ↗ jumping into blackberry

17:53 ↗ i'm going to stop sharing my script well

17:55 ↗ i'll keep sharing my screen and see if

17:57 ↗ there's any

17:58 ↗ comments or feedback brad i'm not sure

18:01 ↗ if you were able to look at the

18:04 ↗ at the chat box

18:07 ↗ maybe it's easier for me to stop sharing

18:10 ↗ now i can look at the chat box right now

18:12 ↗ there's nothing in there

18:13 ↗ okay any just any general thoughts

18:16 ↗ feedback what do you

18:17 ↗ what do you all think of this this type

18:19 ↗ of approach

18:20 ↗ i have a couple of thoughts um the

18:23 ↗ um i like the approach and then all the

18:26 ↗ visuals i think that's really conducive

18:28 ↗ to getting

18:29 ↗ good feedback you know like um one

18:32 ↗ a few thoughts though um one when you

18:35 ↗ mention

18:36 ↗ kind of natural play and how that might

18:39 ↗ be really conducive to this

18:40 ↗ i i agree with that i also remember

18:45 ↗ that that was the approach we took with

18:47 ↗ confluence park i think

18:49 ↗ and what we ended up doing was adding a

18:51 ↗ place a formal play structure

18:54 ↗ um thinking originally that we we didn't

18:57 ↗ need that

18:58 ↗ so i just want to kind of throw that out

18:59 ↗ as sort of maybe

19:01 ↗ perhaps a lesson learned um and then the

19:04 ↗ other thing is you know we've

19:05 ↗ for as long as i've been on the park

19:06 ↗ board we have been talking about doing

19:09 ↗ something with hillside park

19:11 ↗ and over the years we've gotten a lot of

19:13 ↗ resistance from the community

19:15 ↗ up there and i'm sure a big part of that

19:18 ↗ is

19:18 ↗ not wanting to attract the lack of

19:21 ↗ parking and not wanting to

19:23 ↗ attract people in you know bring cool

19:25 ↗ people in so

19:26 ↗ i'm just curious are you you mentioned a

19:30 ↗ 2014 survey was that pretty

19:31 ↗ overwhelmingly like

19:33 ↗ are you getting the sense that the

19:34 ↗ community is ready for

19:37 ↗ you know an improvement to this park

19:41 ↗ yeah so 2014 was a series of of

19:44 ↗ community meetings that were held up

19:46 ↗ there

19:46 ↗ um you all may recall and yes there was

19:51 ↗ excuse me real interest in

19:55 ↗ adding a play area to the site um

19:58 ↗ again with the caveat of how can it be

20:01 ↗ natural

20:02 ↗ how can it be incorporated in to a scale

20:06 ↗ that doesn't

20:07 ↗ we're not we're not creating a community

20:09 ↗ size play area that's going to

20:12 ↗ create a destination um and how do we do

20:14 ↗ it in a way that doesn't detract from

20:16 ↗ the existing uses and elements of of the

20:19 ↗ park and so we're going to

20:21 ↗ head into this exercise with that same

20:24 ↗ set of

20:26 ↗ conditions and and sort of

20:30 ↗ a baseline like any public engagement

20:33 ↗ danielle

20:34 ↗ yeah i would imagine and even as i've

20:36 ↗ gotten emails as we've set this

20:37 ↗ this invite out um there is there's a

20:40 ↗ real

20:41 ↗ mix of feelings and opinions uh about

20:44 ↗ this park and and

20:45 ↗ whether there's interest in having a

20:47 ↗ play area or not

20:48 ↗ a lot of interest in um

20:52 ↗ greater player is fine as long as it

20:53 ↗ doesn't take away from the field

20:55 ↗ or as long as it doesn't take away from

20:57 ↗ the trail

20:58 ↗ so all of that is i think pretty natural

21:02 ↗ um and certainly in my years of working

21:05 ↗ in a variety of cities that's not rare

21:08 ↗ when we look at incorporating a new

21:10 ↗ element into a park that a

21:11 ↗ community wants uh not every not every

21:14 ↗ member of that neighborhood might

21:16 ↗ want that element but you know how do we

21:18 ↗ add that element

21:20 ↗ um in a way that also um respects the

21:24 ↗ variety of interests and the variety of

21:26 ↗ uses that are that are

21:28 ↗ already happening within that park

21:33 ↗ and how much um so i appreciate that i

21:37 ↗ just think we need to be really careful

21:38 ↗ to listen

21:39 ↗ listen to that community carefully um

21:43 ↗ and that the that community the that

21:46 ↗ neighborhood is different than some of

21:48 ↗ our

21:48 ↗ newer neighborhoods where we really um

21:52 ↗ we're like in the highlands and dallas

21:54 ↗ where there are really no yards right so

21:56 ↗ squawks

21:57 ↗ has a little firm people might have some

22:01 ↗ space for kids in their yards which

22:04 ↗ might be

22:04 ↗ one reason why we've had some reluctance

22:07 ↗ in the past

22:07 ↗ um how often how much is this is this

22:10 ↗ this part used kind of informally for

22:13 ↗ off-leash dog

22:14 ↗ you guys have a sense of that

22:17 ↗ as for that um yeah i

22:21 ↗ i mean i don't have i i can't quantify

22:24 ↗ other than to say yeah it's it's an open

22:27 ↗ field

22:27 ↗ so yes it is used to a degree

22:31 ↗ for both unleash and off leash

22:34 ↗ dog use

22:38 ↗ hey jeff is this a matter of uh

22:42 ↗ planning only this year or is there

22:44 ↗ actually funding available to actually

22:46 ↗ do the work

22:47 ↗ there's funding actually to do the work

22:48 ↗ so that's something i appreciate you

22:50 ↗ asking that

22:50 ↗ uh that's something we'll share that the

22:52 ↗ goal would be to

22:54 ↗ have a play area installed on each of

22:56 ↗ these sites this fall

22:59 ↗ as well as some upgrades to the trail

23:01 ↗ system too

23:03 ↗ uh i don't know what you mean by

23:05 ↗ upgrades to the trail system

23:07 ↗ uh no i mean the player is the primary

23:09 ↗ goal i think how we can address drainage

23:11 ↗ in the in the main field at hillside

23:15 ↗ again depending on where we locate the

23:16 ↗ play area would probably be a goal of

23:18 ↗ this

23:19 ↗ but in terms of expanding trails

23:22 ↗ like down to lower cemetery area no

23:24 ↗ that's not part of

23:26 ↗ it's not part of this phase of work that

23:28 ↗ would be completed this year

23:31 ↗ but the nice thing about this engagement

23:33 ↗ is and hopefully in this approach of

23:35 ↗ really

23:37 ↗ um having a unique a conversation with

23:40 ↗ the neighborhood

23:41 ↗ is i think you know the goal is to get

23:44 ↗ feedback for

23:44 ↗ this phase of work with the player and

23:46 ↗ how to incorporate it if we're going to

23:48 ↗ do a play area

23:50 ↗ but then also welcome feedback on

23:56 ↗ other other improvements that

23:59 ↗ we might want to accomplish in a future

24:02 ↗ phase

24:05 ↗ chris did you have your hand up uh yeah

24:07 ↗ i had a few comments a few thoughts

24:10 ↗ uh i think it would be wise uh even if

24:13 ↗ sorry can you hear me

24:17 ↗ uh maybe that better yes it is okay

24:21 ↗ uh let me move this window over here

24:25 ↗ uh if i can

24:28 ↗ i think it would be wise to ask the

24:31 ↗ question

24:32 ↗ of the neighbors and the participants

24:36 ↗ about trails and access

24:40 ↗ i know a family that lives on mount

24:43 ↗ mckinley

24:44 ↗ they love having it they love that it's

24:46 ↗ sort of a secret

24:47 ↗ you know they're on private park and

24:49 ↗ obviously that's not uh you know

24:51 ↗ not everybody gets to have a private

24:52 ↗ park but um

24:55 ↗ if improvements are made there then

24:58 ↗ it might become a destination you know

25:02 ↗ even if it's

25:03 ↗ not a big destination and

25:06 ↗ if there are greater access points that

25:09 ↗ might be able to alleviate and disperse

25:12 ↗ uh some of the influx of visitors and so

25:15 ↗ i think it's worth asking the question

25:16 ↗ and exploring for if it has to be a

25:18 ↗ later phase

25:19 ↗ um that's it and then the other thing

25:21 ↗ about this park is because it's hidden

25:24 ↗ uh it can be home to uh other activities

25:29 ↗ um that you know are not desirable in a

25:31 ↗ public park

25:33 ↗ and if you can create

25:36 ↗ those you know that influx steady

25:38 ↗ movement of people through there then it

25:40 ↗ can become sort of self-controlled and

25:43 ↗ so that's another reason i think we

25:44 ↗ should explore that idea even if it's

25:46 ↗ not with this space

25:51 ↗ great points chris yeah i i think the

25:53 ↗ idea of access

25:54 ↗ those conversations of how this space

25:57 ↗ functions

25:59 ↗ are all going to be not only questions

26:01 ↗ we ask but really welcome

26:03 ↗ feedback and and discussion

26:07 ↗ again like any public space as we manage

26:10 ↗ a public park

26:11 ↗ for public use you're right we want to

26:14 ↗ do it in a way that's

26:18 ↗ respectful to the neighbors of that

26:20 ↗ public space

26:22 ↗ um but also

26:26 ↗ again tries to seek to serve um

26:29 ↗ serve the public use and again in this

26:31 ↗ case this is not a community park that's

26:33 ↗ trying to serve

26:34 ↗ all of issaquah it's a neighborhood park

26:36 ↗ that's really trying to serve

26:38 ↗ that that neighborhood as best as it can

26:43 ↗ and i think that's the challenge is to

26:45 ↗ try and find a balance there because uh

26:48 ↗ right now i think the only people that

26:50 ↗ are using it are people that really live

26:52 ↗ adjacent to the park for the most part

26:54 ↗ and

26:55 ↗ the rest of us that live on squat

26:57 ↗ mountain because of it being so hilly

26:59 ↗ here

27:00 ↗ and there is no real parking or any real

27:03 ↗ good access

27:04 ↗ a lot of people on squawk don't use it

27:06 ↗ unless you live next to it

27:08 ↗ i mean so i think it's so i think

27:11 ↗ there's

27:11 ↗ a portion of the community that's going

27:13 ↗ to be very protective because they don't

27:15 ↗ want to lose their private park

27:17 ↗ but there's also a part of the community

27:18 ↗ that would like to be able to

27:20 ↗ have a park on squawk mountain that they

27:22 ↗ could utilize

27:23 ↗ and so and so how do you balance that i

27:26 ↗ guess that's that's the challenge

27:28 ↗ yeah and to continue with the idea of

27:31 ↗ trails and sorry

27:32 ↗ if that's a too big of a digression but

27:35 ↗ um

27:36 ↗ so we live further up the hill on squawk

27:39 ↗ and my wife and i are out on the

27:40 ↗ mountain all the time

27:42 ↗ and as of last march the number of

27:45 ↗ visitors to squawk mountain park

27:48 ↗ probably increased tenfold if not more

27:52 ↗ it's great you know it's what we all

27:54 ↗ want people outdoors and everything but

27:55 ↗ they're you know parking all over and

27:57 ↗ going into you know the main squawk

27:59 ↗ mountain park

28:00 ↗ if this area you know could be done in a

28:04 ↗ way where

28:04 ↗ you had more access points out you know

28:06 ↗ there's mckinley jupiter

28:09 ↗ uh i can't remember all the names you

28:11 ↗ know fury mount cedar

28:13 ↗ um each of those had some little trail

28:16 ↗ accesses and a little

28:17 ↗ network through there now you've got

28:19 ↗ another place for people to go out and

28:21 ↗ do their walking

28:23 ↗ and uh move about through the mountain

28:25 ↗ uh

28:26 ↗ and the other thing about this that

28:27 ↗ maybe some people don't realize this

28:30 ↗ on squawk you know you have the entrance

28:33 ↗ down kind of by

28:34 ↗ you know the mountain park by sunset by

28:36 ↗ the hatchery

28:37 ↗ and then tibbetts and it's very hard to

28:39 ↗ get across

28:41 ↗ and for people to have the opportunity

28:43 ↗ to

28:44 ↗ do walks one way or the other and sort

28:46 ↗ of get through

28:47 ↗ that otherwise what's otherwise an

28:49 ↗ obstacle i think would be valuable

28:53 ↗ yep great points chris and i'll drop the

28:55 ↗ whole trail thing now

28:57 ↗ it's all right

29:00 ↗ please it's great it's amazing to be

29:03 ↗ able to walk

29:04 ↗ you know not have to walk on newport

29:06 ↗ right to

29:07 ↗ across somehow um normally i love

29:11 ↗ the idea that our new parks you know

29:14 ↗ have something different

29:15 ↗ and unique and um

29:19 ↗ you know have some new kind of feature

29:22 ↗ um

29:23 ↗ at this park i wonder if it might be a

29:26 ↗ good idea to sort of be redundant

29:28 ↗ so that to kind of alleviate the

29:31 ↗ attraction for people outside the

29:33 ↗ neighborhood coming in

29:35 ↗ so um which is just sort of a

29:40 ↗ i don't know it might be a strategy to

29:42 ↗ think about

29:45 ↗ to put features in that we have already

29:47 ↗ at some of our other

29:50 ↗ yeah yeah it's a great point all of

29:53 ↗ these are really good feedback and that

29:55 ↗ in that we're really trying to thread a

29:57 ↗ needle um

29:58 ↗ right how do we incorporate play into

30:00 ↗ this space how do we make it unique to

30:02 ↗ the neighborhood

30:03 ↗ and um this probably isn't the right way

30:06 ↗ to put it but let's not over

30:07 ↗ let's not overshoot and end up creating

30:09 ↗ a destination play area

30:11 ↗ um within a park that um

30:16 ↗ yeah isn't isn't um able to support that

30:19 ↗ at this point in time

30:20 ↗ so this idea of phasing this idea of um

30:24 ↗ but again keeping it to scale for what

30:26 ↗ this

30:27 ↗ what this park is again there's there's

30:30 ↗ many in that community that have asked

30:32 ↗ and requested a play area to be

30:34 ↗ incorporated in a hillside and we're

30:35 ↗ going to do the best we can to

30:37 ↗ have this neighborhood conversation

30:39 ↗ really think of play creatively

30:41 ↗ think of this site creatively and and

30:44 ↗ really try and

30:45 ↗ come up with some options on how play

30:48 ↗ could be incorporated into this park

30:50 ↗ to the right scale and in a way that

30:52 ↗ still

30:53 ↗ blends with existing uses and with

30:56 ↗ the environment yeah i really want to

31:00 ↗ see what the community says but i really

31:01 ↗ like the concept of spreading it out so

31:03 ↗ it's not

31:04 ↗ just one big play area those little ones

31:06 ↗ along the trail and

31:08 ↗ you know i think that really helps so

31:11 ↗ that it's not

31:11 ↗ too congested um and gives people

31:15 ↗ some space and maybe even some private

31:17 ↗ space to some extent

31:19 ↗ and so just to clarify there's not going

31:22 ↗ to be

31:24 ↗ much of any tree loss

31:27 ↗ or excavation in this project

31:31 ↗ that would not be our goal our goal so

31:33 ↗ part of our sign analysis has been

31:35 ↗ um inventorying all trees and especially

31:38 ↗ trees of significance there are some

31:40 ↗ hazard trees

31:41 ↗ but again identifying those through the

31:43 ↗ work of an arborist

31:44 ↗ consultant yeah but again the goal is to

31:47 ↗ preserve

31:48 ↗ those trees and and create a play area

31:50 ↗ that works within

31:52 ↗ um within the site and again not a lot

31:55 ↗ of excessive grading either

31:57 ↗ all right like for any player there's

31:59 ↗ some degree of grading but we're not

32:01 ↗ looking at

32:02 ↗ um moving a lot of earth to do that

32:05 ↗ and anything that's occurs would just be

32:07 ↗ for the play area only not

32:09 ↗ anywhere else like the open field

32:11 ↗ essentially is going to remain what it

32:14 ↗ is

32:14 ↗ that would be the goal yeah again the

32:17 ↗ strong community interest

32:18 ↗ um in 2014 and here if you know

32:22 ↗ let's let's let that field be the

32:24 ↗ multi-use

32:26 ↗ lawn and space that it is um and then

32:30 ↗ yep blend a blend of play area to

32:32 ↗ complement it

32:33 ↗ not take its place

32:37 ↗ good any anybody else have any questions

32:40 ↗ comments

32:43 ↗ chrissy's throwing your hand up

32:48 ↗ what would be a comparable sized um

32:52 ↗ park that we're talking about like as

32:54 ↗ far as a play area

32:57 ↗ uh in terms of square footage daniel

32:59 ↗ we're not at that point yet

33:02 ↗ so i no but for like a neighborhood park

33:05 ↗ what are our other kind of neighborhood

33:06 ↗ parks that are classified as that

33:11 ↗ boy uh blackberry which we're gonna talk

33:13 ↗ about next yeah

33:14 ↗ um yeah that's a that's a unique one

33:19 ↗ you know i'd say black nugget epidisc

33:21 ↗ highlands but that's such a different

33:22 ↗ neighborhood

33:23 ↗ right it's you know i i think it might

33:26 ↗ be similar in size but it's very

33:28 ↗ different in terms of

33:29 ↗ recreation amenities right it's much

33:31 ↗ more of a developed neighborhood park

33:36 ↗ i mean i'd say this space is really

33:38 ↗ quite unique um

33:40 ↗ both it's it's a neighborhood park but

33:43 ↗ it's a

33:44 ↗ it's more passive in nature and i i

33:47 ↗ think the community very much

33:48 ↗ wants it to stay that way

33:53 ↗ yes i heard a yes

33:57 ↗ yes it's more of a green belt with a

34:00 ↗ little bit of a park in it

34:02 ↗ yeah yep yep and again i think that's

34:06 ↗ what we're really trying and this is

34:07 ↗ great feedback and i think what we're

34:09 ↗ really trying to

34:10 ↗ represent in these conversations is

34:14 ↗ let's let the site let's let the

34:15 ↗ uniqueness of each of these sites and

34:17 ↗ any site that we do park work on

34:20 ↗ really inform the work that we're going

34:22 ↗ to do both in scale

34:24 ↗ and environment and sort of the natural

34:27 ↗ resources that exist

34:30 ↗ on that site i mean personally i think

34:34 ↗ the trails are probably

34:36 ↗ as important if not more important than

34:39 ↗ at that particular park than you know um

34:43 ↗ play amenities to some extent

34:48 ↗ it's because of it being such a natural

34:50 ↗ area

34:51 ↗ you know people just having an

34:52 ↗ opportunity to get out in

34:54 ↗ being in nature um

34:57 ↗ you know having an opportunity to be on

34:59 ↗ those trails i think is

35:00 ↗ is is is kind of a priority

35:04 ↗ i would think rather than you know a

35:07 ↗ gymnasium

35:10 ↗ right because that's just my opinion

35:11 ↗ we'll see what the community says about

35:13 ↗ that

35:14 ↗ so again yeah how to how what is play

35:16 ↗ what's the scale of play look like

35:18 ↗ that that complements trail use

35:21 ↗ the natural environment in essence

35:24 ↗ a field that sort of functions as a

35:27 ↗ forested meadow

35:30 ↗ so you know how do we how do we stay

35:32 ↗ true to all that

35:34 ↗ um and and consider play well that's why

35:37 ↗ i was saying

35:37 ↗ you know budget wise you know if people

35:40 ↗ are not real supportive of a lot of

35:44 ↗ gymnasium kind of things to be playing

35:46 ↗ on can some of that money be devoted to

35:48 ↗ the trail system you know to make either

35:51 ↗ maybe more connections like what chris

35:53 ↗ is talking about

35:55 ↗ or what trails you do have to at least

35:57 ↗ put them in better shape so they're

35:59 ↗ used better or more often

36:03 ↗ what do you have we have like a hundred

36:05 ↗ thousand dollars i think don't you

36:08 ↗ know right now within uh within the

36:10 ↗ budget for the park we have three

36:12 ↗ hundred thousand dollars

36:14 ↗ but again that's not necessarily the

36:16 ↗ goal is not to spend that all on this

36:19 ↗ play area project right so it's this

36:21 ↗ idea of what does this first phase look

36:22 ↗ like

36:23 ↗ to complete this year and then how does

36:26 ↗ this feedback how does this ongoing

36:27 ↗ engagement help

36:29 ↗ um drive what what a future phase might

36:33 ↗ be

36:35 ↗ and some of that money's going to the

36:36 ↗ consultant i assume as well

36:38 ↗ right or is that separate no it's all

36:41 ↗ it would go to the consultant it would

36:43 ↗ go towards design fees

36:44 ↗ um permit per rating fees we have the

36:47 ↗ pleasure of

36:48 ↗ spending permit fees so yeah that money

36:51 ↗ goes a lot of different

36:52 ↗ a lot of different places it's not just

36:55 ↗ it's not just buying play equipment

37:00 ↗ any other questions or comments on uh

37:02 ↗ hillside chris

37:03 ↗ yeah sorry so another thing that's

37:05 ↗ probably going to be

37:07 ↗ important to consider is the access for

37:10 ↗ maintenance

37:12 ↗ there's just not very good access for

37:14 ↗ vehicles and equipment there

37:17 ↗ which may point towards some of those

37:19 ↗ more natural type structures like the

37:21 ↗ lawns

37:23 ↗ yeah letting existing grade maybe

37:26 ↗ support

37:27 ↗ sliding and playing and netting

37:30 ↗ you're absolutely right yep long-term

37:33 ↗ maintenance access to maintenance is a

37:35 ↗ is another

37:36 ↗ key part to scaling this play experience

37:40 ↗ to the right right level good

37:42 ↗ opportunity for a zip line all the way

37:44 ↗ down to sunset

37:48 ↗ and you're going to attract a bunch of

37:51 ↗ people

37:53 ↗ seriously parents will bring uh bring

37:56 ↗ kids to wherever there's like a new and

37:58 ↗ unique

37:59 ↗ piece of play equipment so keep it in

38:02 ↗ mind

38:03 ↗ right yep

38:07 ↗ anything else anyone on this one

38:12 ↗ not seeing anything looks like it's

38:13 ↗ blackberry all right

38:15 ↗ again really appreciate that the

38:17 ↗ feedback here uh

38:18 ↗ similarly i will share my screen

38:23 ↗ please verify i did it right again looks

38:26 ↗ good

38:26 ↗ okay so

38:29 ↗ as i was saying earlier each of these

38:32 ↗ sites is

38:32 ↗ similar in terms of the goal of

38:35 ↗ incorporating play but

38:37 ↗ unique in in both its location and

38:42 ↗ i think some of the issues and

38:43 ↗ opportunities that we need to

38:45 ↗ and want to get community feedback on if

38:48 ↗ if you're

38:49 ↗ familiar with the sammamish cove area

38:51 ↗ blackberry park

38:53 ↗ boy i i wish i could give you the street

38:55 ↗ number but i don't have it memorized

38:58 ↗ tucked right in to a residential area

39:00 ↗ this was a king county parcel it wasn't

39:03 ↗ even a park

39:04 ↗ parcel it was a king county

39:07 ↗ owned single-family residential parcel

39:10 ↗ for

39:11 ↗ for decades the neighborhood around it

39:16 ↗ began to incorporate it and park

39:18 ↗ elements into it

39:19 ↗ and it really became a neighborhood park

39:22 ↗ because of

39:23 ↗ of community support this was

39:26 ↗ transferred to us

39:27 ↗ in 2017 um

39:31 ↗ and we began to to engage with the

39:34 ↗ community as to what they

39:36 ↗ want to see happen how they want to see

39:38 ↗ this site managed

39:40 ↗ the meeting on thursday night will again

39:42 ↗ start with

39:43 ↗ uh mayor paulie given some welcome

39:45 ↗ comments

39:47 ↗ um agenda will look relatively similar

39:49 ↗ uh that we don't have

39:51 ↗ um a huge amount of community engagement

39:53 ↗ to sort of base as a starting point

39:56 ↗ but again we'll start with this idea of

39:58 ↗ analysis of the site

40:00 ↗ what do we know of the environmental

40:01 ↗ conditions what do we know

40:03 ↗ of some of the background in this case

40:06 ↗ what the what the neighborhood sort of

40:09 ↗ invested

40:10 ↗ through their own sweat equity into this

40:11 ↗ site and how do we analyze play

40:16 ↗ how do we analyze really quite frankly

40:18 ↗ what you'll see is how constrained this

40:20 ↗ site is

40:21 ↗ to to incorporating play we'll go

40:24 ↗ through some of the similar exercises a

40:26 ↗ variety of play

40:27 ↗ what you'll see in those varieties of

40:30 ↗ play in this slide are going to look a

40:31 ↗ little different

40:32 ↗ more there are some natural elements

40:35 ↗ that we want to sort of draw out

40:36 ↗ but also some more sort of traditional

40:40 ↗ um play spaces given that the

40:43 ↗ constraints of the site

40:45 ↗ we'll talk through again these pooling

40:46 ↗ opportunities to get real-time analysis

40:49 ↗ or feedback from

40:51 ↗ the community we'll start with another

40:53 ↗ context map

40:55 ↗ here you go i could have waited

40:56 ↗ southeast 42nd and and 191st

40:59 ↗ is where you'll find blackberry park

41:03 ↗ as i said earlier tucked right into the

41:04 ↗ residential

41:06 ↗ neighborhood similar to what we did with

41:09 ↗ hillside we'll talk through

41:10 ↗ the environmental requirements that that

41:15 ↗ any and all projects need to go through

41:18 ↗ invite opportunity for feedback

41:21 ↗ as we talk through that again this idea

41:23 ↗ of

41:24 ↗ blending neighborhood feedback on the

41:28 ↗ scope of the project but also

41:30 ↗ neighborhood feedback

41:31 ↗ on environmental concerns um

41:35 ↗ at that at the same time we're going

41:36 ↗ through these neighborhood conversations

41:41 ↗ uh this slide will really i think speak

41:44 ↗ to some of that background in history

41:47 ↗ there was an original play structure

41:48 ↗ that was there before 2006

41:50 ↗ uh the community uh neighborhood a lead

41:54 ↗ effort

41:54 ↗ replaced that play area in 2006.

41:58 ↗ there's a

42:02 ↗ concrete pad area that was a basketball

42:04 ↗ hoop there's still a basketball hoop in

42:06 ↗ the corner you can see that that photo

42:08 ↗ there

42:09 ↗ there's a gazebo that was just installed

42:12 ↗ um king county transferred it to us so i

42:15 ↗ was wrong 2016

42:16 ↗ late 2016. it was november december when

42:19 ↗ that happened we had some

42:21 ↗ hosted a barbecue out there on site in

42:23 ↗ 2017

42:24 ↗ to meet the neighbors to talk about the

42:26 ↗ transfer of this property from the

42:28 ↗ county to the city

42:32 ↗ at that time they were the neighborhood

42:33 ↗ had some concerns about the play area

42:35 ↗ this is a

42:36 ↗ play area that doesn't meet you know

42:38 ↗ national sort of

42:40 ↗ public play area safety standards it's

42:42 ↗ not such a risk that we felt like we

42:44 ↗ needed to take it down at the time but

42:46 ↗ i felt like we really need to look and

42:48 ↗ consider

42:50 ↗ what a replacement of that play area

42:52 ↗ looks like

42:55 ↗ again an opportunity to invite more

42:57 ↗ feedback on thursday night

43:00 ↗ what are they most proud of what changes

43:04 ↗ what other information would they like

43:06 ↗ us to know

43:10 ↗ context map that that sort of talks

43:12 ↗ through uh some of these existing

43:14 ↗ elements

43:14 ↗ and and where they um exist on site

43:18 ↗ again some visuals uh for context

43:23 ↗ you start looking at setbacks

43:26 ↗ and and start sort of inviting

43:30 ↗ this conversation around some of the

43:31 ↗ challenges that exist with this site as

43:33 ↗ as we look at incorporating park

43:36 ↗ elements

43:37 ↗ into it as as a true park

43:41 ↗ um you'll see where the existing play

43:43 ↗ area is in this corner when you look at

43:46 ↗ um permitted required setbacks

43:50 ↗ um we have a player that is

43:54 ↗ to put a bluntly a little too close to

43:56 ↗ the to the edge of the

43:58 ↗ the property so some of these things we

44:00 ↗ need to look at as we

44:02 ↗ think of incorporating new play area

44:05 ↗ into the site

44:06 ↗ i want to want to talk with the

44:08 ↗ community and and get feedback on

44:10 ↗ on some of that um

44:13 ↗ this then leads into really this

44:15 ↗ conversation of how do we recon

44:17 ↗ how do we consider play needs a variety

44:20 ↗ of locations within the site but also

44:24 ↗ not detracting from some of the other

44:27 ↗ elements that exist within this park

44:30 ↗ this is really going to begin to talk

44:32 ↗ and and feel

44:34 ↗ um on thursday night

44:37 ↗ um really a conversation about

44:39 ↗ trade-offs

44:40 ↗ for the want of a of a play area or a

44:43 ↗ certain size play area

44:44 ↗ um there's considerations that the

44:47 ↗ neighborhood's really going to need to

44:48 ↗ consider and we want to be very

44:50 ↗ considerate of and get community

44:53 ↗ feedback

44:54 ↗ on that before we go much farther with

44:56 ↗ this

44:58 ↗ project some of these edges

45:02 ↗ and how this property relates and is so

45:04 ↗ close to the neighbors is really

45:05 ↗ important

45:06 ↗ um the trellis that's getting up in age

45:09 ↗ um is that something

45:10 ↗ again the community feels really uh

45:13 ↗ wedded to is that something we

45:15 ↗ we need to consider keeping uh there's a

45:17 ↗ big patch of

45:19 ↗ non-native blackberries that exist on

45:21 ↗ the other side of the park from this

45:23 ↗ photo

45:25 ↗ if if blackberries are

45:29 ↗ a huge priority for this community how

45:31 ↗ might we consider

45:33 ↗ accomplishing that without um having

45:35 ↗ wild invasive blackberries

45:37 ↗ take up such a big part of the park

45:41 ↗ from there we'll talk through similar to

45:43 ↗ what we did with hillside sort of go

45:44 ↗ through this exercise

45:46 ↗ of types of play what are the priority

45:48 ↗ types of play

45:49 ↗ you'll see some of these visuals that

45:51 ↗ again as i was saying earlier

45:53 ↗ speak to natural features but also look

45:56 ↗ at

45:57 ↗ some of the more traditional play type

45:59 ↗ structures that we'll probably need to

46:01 ↗ consider

46:02 ↗ for such a small park in a small area

46:05 ↗ netting climbing etc

46:08 ↗ i won't spend a lot of time talking

46:10 ↗ through this

46:12 ↗ unless you have some questions

46:15 ↗ all of this is really going to lead to

46:17 ↗ some of these um

46:19 ↗ i think the important conversations that

46:21 ↗ we really want to have with the

46:22 ↗ neighborhood on thursday night

46:24 ↗ and get their feedback are these ideas

46:26 ↗ of layout both size and scale of play

46:28 ↗ area

46:29 ↗ and when you start looking at

46:31 ↗ considerations given setback

46:33 ↗ requirements etc

46:35 ↗ what are some of the trade-offs that

46:37 ↗ that we're going to need to consider

46:39 ↗ by incorporating a new player into the

46:41 ↗ site

46:42 ↗ you'll see as i go through these we

46:44 ↗ really want to

46:45 ↗ get feedback on

46:48 ↗ what happens when we look at different

46:50 ↗ sizes of play areas

46:52 ↗ and the net effect to the lawn and some

46:55 ↗ of the other elements so

46:58 ↗ to to look at say a play area that's

47:02 ↗ similar in size there was a swing that

47:04 ↗ was on a tree back here that

47:06 ↗ was a hazard tree and something we

47:09 ↗ needed to take down

47:10 ↗ quite early when it was transferred we

47:13 ↗ know from that

47:14 ↗ that conversation there's interest in

47:16 ↗ incorporating swings back into the park

47:18 ↗ again we'll get feedback but to do a

47:21 ↗ similar size play area we really can't

47:23 ↗ use that space

47:24 ↗ we'd have to look at an air another area

47:26 ↗ within the park and let that space

47:29 ↗ perhaps become lawn so this idea of

47:34 ↗ similar lawn it just might need to be a

47:36 ↗ different layout as we look at another

47:38 ↗ play area

47:39 ↗ and then like i was saying this reality

47:42 ↗ of trade-offs to go to a bigger play

47:44 ↗ space

47:45 ↗ we really start to impact the lawn area

47:48 ↗ and want to get some feedback from

47:51 ↗ the neighborhood just as to what their

47:53 ↗ preference might be

47:56 ↗ and not make assumptions

47:59 ↗ so it really this conversation unlike

48:03 ↗ hillside where it's really incorporating

48:05 ↗ into the natural

48:06 ↗ area as we look at size and scale of

48:10 ↗ play

48:10 ↗ and replacing what is a again a a

48:15 ↗ non-safety standard

48:17 ↗ residential play area to bring a public

48:21 ↗ play area and how do we do that in a way

48:23 ↗ that still

48:24 ↗ complements and meets the right

48:27 ↗ mix and proportion of elements that this

48:30 ↗ community

48:31 ↗ would like to retain within uh the park

48:34 ↗ so this really becomes the last slide of

48:38 ↗ our conversation with blackberry and

48:40 ↗ trying to get feedback

48:41 ↗ on you know no real net

48:45 ↗ lawn reduction and then the bigger the

48:48 ↗ play area you'll see there's a

48:49 ↗ an impact to to the lawn space that is

48:54 ↗ remains available within within the park

49:00 ↗ so again this idea of sight constraints

49:04 ↗ of the site

49:05 ↗ um and and what um

49:09 ↗ things we need to consider as a

49:10 ↗ community and as as a city

49:13 ↗ um incorporating play into the into the

49:15 ↗ park so

49:17 ↗ thoughts questions comments

49:24 ↗ um so this is one where this is a

49:26 ↗ neighborhood that is

49:28 ↗ nice and flat with big wide street

49:31 ↗ um and kids bike you know and travel

49:35 ↗ you know freeway right they're not

49:36 ↗ constrained by the hills

49:40 ↗ um and so i think it's important to look

49:42 ↗ at this park in the context of

49:44 ↗ also looking at muirwood park and then

49:46 ↗ south cove

49:48 ↗ and looking at them together as far as

49:50 ↗ what amenities there are

49:52 ↗ um and this kind of reminds me of when

49:55 ↗ we did meerwood park it was similar i

49:58 ↗ think we took

49:58 ↗ that we i can't remember when we did

50:01 ↗ those renovations but um

50:03 ↗ it sort of strikes me as very similar to

50:05 ↗ that

50:06 ↗ um and

50:10 ↗ i would want i would think that we would

50:12 ↗ want to have something different

50:14 ↗ we have at the

50:17 ↗ the other parks in the neighborhood

50:19 ↗ where kids can easily have to

50:21 ↗ so a different reaction than

50:26 ↗ um i would also be curious is that park

50:29 ↗ in

50:30 ↗ south cove proper like do the people who

50:33 ↗ are adjacent to it have access

50:36 ↗ to the south coast park

50:39 ↗ uh i don't know in terms of their

50:40 ↗ private neighborhood park with south

50:43 ↗ carolina i'm not sure exactly where

50:44 ↗ those boundaries are

50:46 ↗ um i know there are a number of

50:48 ↗ depending on

50:49 ↗ timing of when each residential area was

50:52 ↗ there are some hoa parks

50:54 ↗ that certainly support um a number of

50:57 ↗ neighborhoods

50:59 ↗ so i i would be curious going into that

51:01 ↗ meeting to know

51:02 ↗ like how important green space is like

51:05 ↗ open field space

51:06 ↗ because i kind of feel like a bunch of

51:09 ↗ those

51:10 ↗ you know a lot of that neighborhood is

51:12 ↗ that like that space is probably

51:13 ↗ satisfied with the

51:15 ↗ the big grassy park that they have

51:19 ↗ but i don't know i would i would but

51:20 ↗ that's what i would want to know

51:22 ↗ no i appreciate that and that's part of

51:25 ↗ i think what we're trying to get to with

51:26 ↗ this

51:27 ↗ is understanding those trade-offs and

51:28 ↗ and quite frankly another option is

51:31 ↗ do do we consider not having a play area

51:33 ↗ at this part

51:34 ↗ right i mean that that's something that

51:37 ↗ uh we would certainly invite

51:38 ↗ um if that if that is the

51:42 ↗ feedback that comes from the community

51:47 ↗ yeah it could just be a place to

51:48 ↗ congregate you know with benches and

51:50 ↗ picnic tables and not necessarily a play

51:53 ↗ area

51:54 ↗ so where is the closest park to this one

51:57 ↗ is it south cove is that the other

51:59 ↗ closest one to this

52:01 ↗ south cold is a private park in terms of

52:04 ↗ a public park mirwood park would be the

52:06 ↗ closest

52:07 ↗ um the closest public park or timberlake

52:10 ↗ which is down in that same area too

52:12 ↗ which is in

52:13 ↗ the park but yeah mirwood's closer

52:15 ↗ meerwood is more of a neighborhood park

52:17 ↗ with a tennis court and play area

52:19 ↗ timberlake you're right is also in this

52:21 ↗ neighborhood more as a

52:22 ↗ a natural open space park right yep

52:26 ↗ and i think someone else i don't know if

52:29 ↗ anyone else

52:30 ↗ on this hall lives there but i mean um

52:35 ↗ the south coast park is well used by

52:38 ↗ that neighborhood and it's a really big

52:40 ↗ you know a very big grassy park with a

52:42 ↗ lot of points of access and it goes down

52:44 ↗ to the lake

52:45 ↗ and so my sense is that that's where

52:47 ↗ people congregate and get together with

52:48 ↗ their neighbors or

52:50 ↗ hang out

52:54 ↗ yeah yeah you're right and and i i think

52:56 ↗ you know

52:57 ↗ from rsvps both of these meetings are

53:00 ↗ going to be

53:00 ↗ quite well attended and we really want

53:02 ↗ to reinforce too

53:04 ↗ that doing these virtually gives us the

53:06 ↗ chance as i said earlier to record it

53:08 ↗ and then really invite those that attend

53:10 ↗ hey invite your neighbors to

53:12 ↗ to watch the presentation and give us

53:15 ↗ give us feedback as well and so um

53:18 ↗ i think we're optimistic we're going to

53:20 ↗ get really good neighborhood feedback to

53:22 ↗ understand

53:24 ↗ um i think your points very well taken

53:26 ↗ danielle and i would agree

53:28 ↗ right this this park has a complementary

53:31 ↗ function to those other public spaces

53:33 ↗ and so

53:34 ↗ what what experience does the community

53:38 ↗ want

53:39 ↗ for this park relative to those other

53:42 ↗ ones around it that are

53:43 ↗ maybe a little bit more accessible and

53:45 ↗ there's a different

53:46 ↗ sort of degree or set of questions as

53:48 ↗ opposed to

53:50 ↗ um complementary play at hillside park

53:55 ↗ right i mean they're play areas but

53:57 ↗ they're they're really as i was saying

53:59 ↗ at the beginning of this

54:00 ↗ uh there's there's um some uniqueness to

54:03 ↗ the to the

54:04 ↗ community feedback that we really need

54:07 ↗ for both of these

54:08 ↗ i'll also see um i think that

54:12 ↗ to the extent that i think it's

54:13 ↗ important really important to know

54:15 ↗ um before that meeting where that park

54:18 ↗ is so like if that park does not

54:20 ↗ actually serve

54:21 ↗ like if if it's in a neighborhood

54:24 ↗ that doesn't have access to the private

54:27 ↗ part

54:28 ↗ then i would hope that you're you'll

54:31 ↗ will listen

54:32 ↗ more to the people who don't have access

54:34 ↗ right who need this as a public park

54:37 ↗ so i think that's sort of an important

54:40 ↗ piece that would be an important piece

54:42 ↗ of my analysis so

54:44 ↗ what the right thing to do there right

54:46 ↗ is it possible to show that on the map

54:49 ↗ jeff where that is in relationship

54:54 ↗ not necessarily right now but for the

54:56 ↗ meeting this week

54:58 ↗ uh we could we could try i think within

55:02 ↗ that context map

55:03 ↗ if if there is a way we can readily get

55:05 ↗ definition and understand which

55:08 ↗ residential properties have access to

55:12 ↗ south cove which

55:13 ↗ do not um well we can we can certainly

55:16 ↗ do our best i

55:17 ↗ i think either way i think the point is

55:20 ↗ very well taken and understanding who

55:22 ↗ who is this park survey right this

55:24 ↗ park's going to serve different

55:26 ↗ people to different scales and and how

55:28 ↗ do we

55:29 ↗ um make sure we we keep that in mind

55:38 ↗ any other questions comments

55:45 ↗ not seeing anything any talk about

55:47 ↗ changing the name

55:50 ↗ we're not not

55:53 ↗ no no we we po we broached that at the

55:57 ↗ barbecue in 2017

55:59 ↗ and uh blackberry has uh

56:02 ↗ uh there's a strong uh

56:05 ↗ affection for that park so um

56:08 ↗ it has a it's a heritage site what

56:10 ↗ you're saying man

56:12 ↗ yeah i thought i thought all parts are

56:14 ↗ supposed to go through the naming

56:15 ↗ committee process

56:17 ↗ well it would if we were going to you

56:20 ↗ know move to change the name but if if

56:22 ↗ the community

56:23 ↗ likes the name it's got a historical

56:25 ↗ element

56:26 ↗ already built in you know i guess it can

56:28 ↗ just stay what it is

56:30 ↗ yeah i would say i would say jeremy that

56:32 ↗ this this was already a functioning park

56:34 ↗ when it was transferred to us

56:37 ↗ is that what it was called when king

56:38 ↗ county had it yeah

56:40 ↗ yes yeah and they said we had a lot more

56:42 ↗ blackberries back in those days

56:45 ↗ you could call every park around here

56:46 ↗ blackberry park yeah probably

56:49 ↗ wild parks

56:53 ↗ so i again i appreciate the chance to to

56:55 ↗ give you this sneak peek

56:57 ↗ in general i guess i'll just pose the

56:59 ↗ question as i close

57:00 ↗ this again approach

57:03 ↗ is similar to what we've done in the

57:05 ↗ past but knowing that we're going to be

57:07 ↗ having

57:09 ↗ neighborhood engagement both for the

57:11 ↗ environmental checklist but also

57:13 ↗ just scoping the project i think what

57:16 ↗ we're going to try and show in these

57:18 ↗ in these two conversations this week is

57:21 ↗ blending those conversations not having

57:24 ↗ separate neighborhood meetings about the

57:26 ↗ project and then

57:27 ↗ about environmental conditions but

57:29 ↗ really um

57:31 ↗ allowing the engagement to talk about

57:33 ↗ both because it's

57:34 ↗ it's vitally important that those are

57:37 ↗ are talked

57:39 ↗ and really spoken through and thought

57:40 ↗ through um

57:42 ↗ in the same same vein same conversation

57:50 ↗ anyone else anybody

57:54 ↗ like that's a wrap on that jeff okay

57:56 ↗ well

57:57 ↗ we'll let you know how it goes and

57:59 ↗ anticipate our march meeting

58:00 ↗ bringing this back uh like i said our

58:03 ↗ next

58:04 ↗ engagement would be in april so it'll

58:06 ↗ give us a chance in march

58:08 ↗ to really share feedback with you but

58:10 ↗ begin to

58:11 ↗ to talk through and and really discuss

58:13 ↗ what we heard

58:14 ↗ uh from those neighborhood meetings so

58:16 ↗ thank you

58:18 ↗ and jesse one last question what's the

58:20 ↗ budget for this one that you have

58:23 ↗ uh i'll need to confirm it i want to say

58:25 ↗ it's just

58:26 ↗ south of it's like 250 000.

58:32 ↗ again for the site for the park itself

58:35 ↗ yep

58:35 ↗ right so west and hillside a little bit

58:38 ↗ less yep

58:41 ↗ but a lot smaller park too so that'll go

58:43 ↗ a long ways

58:48 ↗ okay i guess um that's it for that part

58:51 ↗ of it

58:52 ↗ and so it looks like i'm on show here

58:54 ↗ for chairperson's report and i have

58:57 ↗ uh several things which i'll try and go

59:00 ↗ through

59:00 ↗ quickly uh some of the wishes just to

59:04 ↗ bring you up to date on a couple

59:05 ↗ meetings that i attended

59:06 ↗ um so i attended the

59:10 ↗ february 12th wayfinding meeting that uh

59:13 ↗ jennifer put together uh with a number

59:15 ↗ of people in the community

59:18 ↗ you'll be hearing more about that our

59:20 ↗ main focus at that particular meeting

59:22 ↗ was to get back re-engaged again that's

59:24 ↗ something that we've been

59:26 ↗ working on in 2000 losing track of time

59:29 ↗ now 2019 we had several meetings

59:32 ↗ uh with that project and then everything

59:34 ↗ got on hold last year

59:36 ↗ so at least you're going to start the

59:38 ↗ momentum back up again

59:40 ↗ basically we were working on four

59:42 ↗ different designs

59:43 ↗ of signage this is going to be

59:46 ↗ introduction signs to the city and

59:49 ↗ certain core points and then there'll be

59:52 ↗ an a bunch of other

59:53 ↗ way finding signs that are much smaller

59:57 ↗ to designate a specific areas

1:00:00 ↗ so there'll be more on that but we

1:00:02 ↗ claimed an agreement on

1:00:03 ↗ on at least the four designs to go out

1:00:06 ↗ to the community to get their feedback

1:00:08 ↗ and that'll be kind of the next

1:00:09 ↗ part of that project i attended

1:00:13 ↗ uh the the uh kokanee work group

1:00:15 ↗ quarterly meeting on january 27th

1:00:19 ↗ and a couple highlights that i wanted to

1:00:22 ↗ point out

1:00:23 ↗ from that meeting was

1:00:26 ↗ king county parks is undergoing a

1:00:29 ↗ project

1:00:30 ↗ to introduce nine interpretive signs

1:00:34 ↗ uh along the east lake sammamish trail

1:00:37 ↗ so that's something that's uh

1:00:39 ↗ coming into the early early future

1:00:42 ↗ they showed one of the signs at the

1:00:44 ↗ meeting

1:00:46 ↗ the one in particular was kind of a

1:00:48 ↗ wildlife signage but there's going to be

1:00:50 ↗ a variety of them

1:00:51 ↗ it's going to be really good signs that

1:00:54 ↗ king county is putting together

1:00:56 ↗ uh trout unlimited is still raising

1:00:59 ↗ funds for the

1:01:00 ↗ urban wildlife refuge partnership which

1:01:02 ↗ is still kicking around

1:01:04 ↗ something that i was involved in a

1:01:05 ↗ number of years ago when it first kicked

1:01:07 ↗ off

1:01:08 ↗ it's kind of gone into uh

1:01:12 ↗ nowhere land over the last year or two

1:01:14 ↗ but uh part of that is because of

1:01:16 ↗ funding so anyway trout unlimited has

1:01:18 ↗ put together some funding still

1:01:20 ↗ gathering more funding uh but they're

1:01:22 ↗ gonna have a part-time staff person

1:01:25 ↗ by the name of derrick stab who's

1:01:27 ↗ actually going to head that up

1:01:29 ↗ so there'll be more on that in the

1:01:31 ↗ future

1:01:33 ↗ um the 2020 2021

1:01:37 ↗ kokanee counts uh came in at 82

1:01:41 ↗ kokanee which is still really really low

1:01:45 ↗ but it's still a little better than

1:01:47 ↗ what's happened over the last couple

1:01:49 ↗ years so there's some encouragement

1:01:52 ↗ emergency plan is still in place

1:01:56 ↗ to prevent kokanee from going extinct

1:02:01 ↗ and the last part of the kwg

1:02:05 ↗ mound to sound greenway actually had a

1:02:06 ↗ nice presentation

1:02:09 ↗ where i think i had mentioned earlier

1:02:11 ↗ i'm not sure when

1:02:13 ↗ that they had a 1.5 million dollar grant

1:02:17 ↗ that they have been working over the

1:02:19 ↗ last several years

1:02:20 ↗ in partnership with some other agencies

1:02:24 ↗ to put together a restoration of

1:02:25 ↗ issaquah creek that runs all the way

1:02:28 ↗ through the park all the way to the lake

1:02:30 ↗ uh

1:02:31 ↗ it encompasses actually 55 acres

1:02:35 ↗ they've actually now completed that

1:02:37 ↗ design

1:02:39 ↗ plan and they're now moving into the

1:02:42 ↗ permit

1:02:43 ↗ stage and

1:02:46 ↗ the anticipation is is in the summer

1:02:49 ↗ of next year 2022 is when they

1:02:53 ↗ anticipate

1:02:54 ↗ engagement to start working on that

1:02:56 ↗ project

1:02:58 ↗ and it's expected to last for three to

1:03:00 ↗ five years

1:03:01 ↗ so that's going to be quite enough

1:03:04 ↗ quite an effort i think

1:03:08 ↗ um

1:03:13 ↗ one of the last oh this is something

1:03:16 ↗ that i'll probably

1:03:17 ↗ introduce and i'll talk to jeff a little

1:03:19 ↗ bit about this in our agenda planning

1:03:20 ↗ meeting

1:03:22 ↗ um i don't know if any of you are

1:03:24 ↗ familiar with bill way

1:03:25 ↗ he's actually on the board of friends

1:03:27 ↗ lake samana state park

1:03:30 ↗ and he along with a trail committee

1:03:34 ↗ has been working over the last three

1:03:36 ↗ years to put together a trails plan for

1:03:39 ↗ the state park

1:03:41 ↗ to run with the master planning effort

1:03:44 ↗ that the state is working on

1:03:46 ↗ currently with that and so that's going

1:03:49 ↗ to be flis

1:03:51 ↗ contribution is to present this

1:03:54 ↗ trails plan i think jeff may have just

1:03:57 ↗ gotten a recent

1:03:58 ↗ copy of it is what bill had said and so

1:04:01 ↗ i'm going to try and see if we can

1:04:03 ↗ arrange to maybe have bill

1:04:04 ↗ at our next meeting or the one after

1:04:06 ↗ depending upon

1:04:08 ↗ what other things are going on to show

1:04:10 ↗ you what that plan looks like

1:04:12 ↗ because he'd like to he'd like to show

1:04:14 ↗ what that is

1:04:15 ↗ uh it's a pretty extensive program or

1:04:18 ↗ project to the tune of almost

1:04:22 ↗ 10 million dollars so it'll be really

1:04:24 ↗ interesting to see how they

1:04:25 ↗ how the state addresses that challenge

1:04:27 ↗ but um

1:04:29 ↗ you know master planning is a long-term

1:04:32 ↗ effort and so you really have to

1:04:34 ↗ look at it like that and so that trail

1:04:36 ↗ plan is probably something that will be

1:04:38 ↗ phased in over the course of many years

1:04:40 ↗ really

1:04:43 ↗ and lastly i wanted to talk a little bit

1:04:47 ↗ about

1:04:48 ↗ uh board staffing and applications

1:04:51 ↗ so this is the end of

1:04:54 ↗ term right now coming up at the end of

1:04:57 ↗ april

1:04:57 ↗ for uh danielle and for jeremy

1:05:02 ↗ uh and so we'd certainly like to have

1:05:04 ↗ you continue on and then

1:05:07 ↗ and if you so choose

1:05:10 ↗ the applications are actually due to the

1:05:12 ↗ city by five o'clock

1:05:15 ↗ february 28th uh

1:05:18 ↗ let me know if you need a link to that

1:05:21 ↗ and i'll be happy to send it to you

1:05:25 ↗ the city has put that out a couple weeks

1:05:27 ↗ ago so you may have actually already

1:05:29 ↗ seen that

1:05:29 ↗ somewhere along the lines

1:05:35 ↗ joe has moved on so we do have one

1:05:37 ↗ additional

1:05:38 ↗ area there to fill and we're still um

1:05:41 ↗ trying to determine

1:05:42 ↗ what the status of april is going to be

1:05:44 ↗ for this year

1:05:46 ↗ so that's kind of

1:05:50 ↗ it about board staffing jeff you any

1:05:54 ↗ comments about that

1:05:55 ↗ no thanks for bringing that up brad i i

1:05:57 ↗ did i i shared a

1:05:59 ↗ an email with those members carl

1:06:02 ↗ as well his appointment is is up

1:06:05 ↗ it was actually up last year and then as

1:06:07 ↗ part of the covet extension

1:06:10 ↗ um so i i let all five of those board

1:06:13 ↗ members know

1:06:14 ↗ um encourage them to apply by the by the

1:06:16 ↗ 28th

1:06:18 ↗ and then this will go through a similar

1:06:21 ↗ interview and mayor appointment

1:06:23 ↗ process so thanks for bringing that up

1:06:25 ↗ as well

1:06:26 ↗ okay

1:06:29 ↗ so that's all i had for the chair report

1:06:33 ↗ and jeff what do you have for director's

1:06:35 ↗ report

1:06:36 ↗ thanks brad a couple of things first to

1:06:39 ↗ i guess continue on in that thought of

1:06:40 ↗ board appointments

1:06:41 ↗ a few other board members it would be

1:06:44 ↗ great don't need it right now but it'd

1:06:45 ↗ be great to identify

1:06:47 ↗ two park board members to serve on an

1:06:50 ↗ interview group

1:06:52 ↗ as we head into that in march so just be

1:06:55 ↗ thinking about that

1:06:56 ↗ shoot me an email if you're interested

1:06:58 ↗ or shoot brad an email

1:07:01 ↗ a couple of project related items

1:07:04 ↗ first brad you mentioned that the

1:07:07 ↗ wayfinding

1:07:08 ↗ park sign design process that is getting

1:07:10 ↗ kicked off again

1:07:13 ↗ we intend to bring that update to you as

1:07:16 ↗ the full park board

1:07:17 ↗ um in march at our at our march meeting

1:07:20 ↗ um as brad mentioned he as the park

1:07:22 ↗ chief board chair

1:07:23 ↗ serves on a a steering committee that

1:07:25 ↗ had begun work in 2019

1:07:28 ↗ kovid pushed a pretty big pause on that

1:07:31 ↗ effort

1:07:32 ↗ they met again this last month

1:07:36 ↗ that that effort is really a goal to

1:07:39 ↗ create a more standardized approach to

1:07:43 ↗ park signage facility signage trail

1:07:46 ↗ signage

1:07:46 ↗ way-finding signage within the city um

1:07:50 ↗ we're we'll be embarking on a public

1:07:53 ↗ engagement effort probably the spring

1:07:54 ↗ and summer

1:07:56 ↗ to really garner public feedback on some

1:07:58 ↗ concepts

1:08:00 ↗ uh the reality is um

1:08:03 ↗ this sign will probably be a a meshing

1:08:06 ↗ of of these concepts it's not meant to

1:08:09 ↗ be a sort of forced

1:08:10 ↗ choice it has to be one of these four so

1:08:13 ↗ um

1:08:14 ↗ again we'll have a little bit more um

1:08:16 ↗ time to focus

1:08:18 ↗ as an informational discussion with all

1:08:20 ↗ of you as as

1:08:21 ↗ park board members in march

1:08:24 ↗ we'll also have some ideas on what

1:08:26 ↗ public engagement

1:08:27 ↗ could look like later this spring and

1:08:29 ↗ summer on that effort so it'll be great

1:08:31 ↗ to get some of your feedback on that

1:08:34 ↗ next item the dog park tour just wanted

1:08:37 ↗ to let you all

1:08:38 ↗ know we made our first transition from

1:08:41 ↗ the field at pickering barn

1:08:44 ↗ on february 1st we closed that up and

1:08:48 ↗ the tour

1:08:49 ↗ moved to squawk valley park where

1:08:52 ↗ the dog park exists and will remain

1:08:54 ↗ until the end of may

1:08:58 ↗ likely next month too i'd love to have a

1:09:00 ↗ little bit more

1:09:01 ↗ information to share with you as i'm

1:09:03 ↗ getting feedback from the park

1:09:04 ↗ operations team as to

1:09:06 ↗ what uh sort of condition uh pickering

1:09:09 ↗ field was left with we did some uh what

1:09:12 ↗ i would call

1:09:12 ↗ aggressive top dressing with adding some

1:09:14 ↗ sand through

1:09:16 ↗ if you recall january was a pretty

1:09:18 ↗ historically wet

1:09:20 ↗ uh month um but how that field

1:09:23 ↗ um how that space bounces back will be

1:09:25 ↗ something we'll we're

1:09:26 ↗ already playing really close attention

1:09:28 ↗ to and i'll have a little bit more

1:09:30 ↗ information

1:09:31 ↗ to share with you in in march um now

1:09:34 ↗ that we've made that one change

1:09:36 ↗ buying the extra materials was really

1:09:38 ↗ helpful we were able to

1:09:39 ↗ set up the space at squawk before we

1:09:42 ↗ closed the space at pickering so

1:09:44 ↗ feedback we heard from the community was

1:09:46 ↗ really positive there

1:09:49 ↗ i was up um here at work over the

1:09:52 ↗ weekend and and going by on

1:09:54 ↗ on saturday um the squawk valley space

1:09:56 ↗ was really really well used it was great

1:09:59 ↗ great to see so the news is certainly

1:10:00 ↗ getting out and

1:10:02 ↗ we've gotten a lot of positive feedback

1:10:04 ↗ and appreciation from the

1:10:05 ↗ community on this interim effort

1:10:09 ↗ so more information coming your way on

1:10:11 ↗ that

1:10:13 ↗ third item programmatically i i

1:10:16 ↗ mentioned to you

1:10:17 ↗ last month as we've been navigating

1:10:20 ↗ covid recovery

1:10:21 ↗ we've been really getting creative with

1:10:24 ↗ our recreation facilities and programs

1:10:26 ↗ one area was our youth basketball

1:10:28 ↗ historically what's been a league i'm

1:10:31 ↗ happy to announce through a lot of great

1:10:33 ↗ work by jared

1:10:34 ↗ and lisa and brian and the community

1:10:36 ↗ center and athletics team

1:10:39 ↗ we started our youth basketball program

1:10:41 ↗ last saturday

1:10:43 ↗ putting students in safe pods with

1:10:46 ↗ volunteer coaches we have 650

1:10:49 ↗ young issaquah residents boys and girls

1:10:51 ↗ that are taking part in a modified youth

1:10:54 ↗ basketball program over the next

1:10:56 ↗ the next eight weeks so safety

1:11:00 ↗ is a high high priority for that program

1:11:03 ↗ but

1:11:04 ↗ certainly seeing the response from the

1:11:05 ↗ community and creating these safe

1:11:08 ↗ opportunities for

1:11:10 ↗ kids in our community to recreate um get

1:11:13 ↗ on the court

1:11:14 ↗ um have a chance to to socialize and and

1:11:17 ↗ be a part of something was

1:11:18 ↗ a high priority and so really applaud

1:11:21 ↗ the efforts of our recreation team

1:11:23 ↗ and making that a reality um

1:11:27 ↗ jeremy you have a question about that uh

1:11:30 ↗ not a question more of a comment um so

1:11:33 ↗ i'm one of those volunteers

1:11:35 ↗ uh that has been blessed with uh

1:11:37 ↗ coaching one of these teams

1:11:40 ↗ and first initial um

1:11:44 ↗ thoughts on it is it was pretty good

1:11:46 ↗ most the kids you know the kids i have

1:11:48 ↗ were all

1:11:49 ↗ eight nine year old third graders uh

1:11:52 ↗ they wore their masks didn't have any

1:11:54 ↗ issues with the masks and stuff the one

1:11:56 ↗ comment i did have was that the teams

1:11:57 ↗ are remarkably large

1:11:59 ↗ i have 20 kids on a basketball team it's

1:12:03 ↗ most i've ever had

1:12:04 ↗ so i you know that was uh

1:12:08 ↗ one issue and then um i was gonna send

1:12:10 ↗ out to jared

1:12:12 ↗ and we don't have the jerseys yet and

1:12:14 ↗ we're not supposed to be you know using

1:12:15 ↗ pennies and switching pennies in and out

1:12:17 ↗ because of the covet

1:12:18 ↗ same with those wristbands so whenever

1:12:19 ↗ we'd scrimmage kids didn't know who they

1:12:21 ↗ were

1:12:22 ↗ garden or anything so 20 kids it was

1:12:24 ↗ kind of tough but

1:12:25 ↗ other than that i think it you know went

1:12:27 ↗ pretty good they were there was a

1:12:29 ↗ person there at the door stopping

1:12:30 ↗ everybody doing their little uh

1:12:32 ↗ thermometer check

1:12:33 ↗ on the forehead going in um asking some

1:12:37 ↗ question like a questionnaire and then

1:12:38 ↗ we got enough space on the on the floor

1:12:39 ↗ so that wasn't an issue but

1:12:41 ↗ uh there will be some kinks we have to

1:12:42 ↗ work here for sure a lot of the kids

1:12:44 ↗ were a little disappointed that they

1:12:45 ↗ don't get to play other teams

1:12:46 ↗ but then when i told them you have as

1:12:48 ↗ many kids on this one team as

1:12:50 ↗ three or four other teams um you know

1:12:53 ↗ we told them we'd do some sort of game

1:12:54 ↗ type of thing

1:12:56 ↗ yeah well jeremy thank you so much for

1:12:58 ↗ for coaching and you're right the pods

1:13:01 ↗ were intended to be bigger

1:13:02 ↗ uh the idea is being able to have some

1:13:04 ↗ inner squad

1:13:05 ↗ uh play amongst those amongst those 20

1:13:08 ↗ kids i

1:13:09 ↗ i certainly hope there's some additional

1:13:10 ↗ volunteer coaches that are helping you

1:13:12 ↗ out

1:13:12 ↗ i i know that certainly was a a goal and

1:13:15 ↗ a need as well

1:13:16 ↗ but that's that's great feedback um make

1:13:19 ↗ sure we get that to jared as well

1:13:22 ↗ yeah i think we're just waiting for the

1:13:24 ↗ pen the jerseys i think once we have the

1:13:26 ↗ jerseys they'll be much more smooth you

1:13:27 ↗ know you can have them they're supposed

1:13:29 ↗ to be reversible so you can flip

1:13:30 ↗ the colors and whatnot so yep

1:13:36 ↗ the year of the year of covid the year

1:13:39 ↗ being nimble

1:13:40 ↗ certainly uh last item i i had was

1:13:44 ↗ just a follow-up on our turf replacement

1:13:46 ↗ project

1:13:47 ↗ at central park pad three thank you

1:13:48 ↗ again for your feedback

1:13:50 ↗ uh in the discussion we had last month

1:13:53 ↗ um i

1:13:55 ↗ took that information and provided an

1:13:57 ↗ update to city council

1:13:59 ↗ at the last council meeting on the 16th

1:14:03 ↗ um really good feedback from council in

1:14:05 ↗ terms of

1:14:06 ↗ uh the approach and the recommendation

1:14:08 ↗ that we took and

1:14:09 ↗ and pivoting to more of a natural infill

1:14:12 ↗ product that project approval

1:14:17 ↗ excuse me we'll be going to city council

1:14:20 ↗ next monday um not next monday the

1:14:22 ↗ following monday march 1st

1:14:25 ↗ um that is next monday march 1st

1:14:28 ↗ uh for approval and then we'll uh

1:14:31 ↗ get contracts set and get that get that

1:14:34 ↗ project scheduled uh later this year in

1:14:36 ↗ 2021

1:14:37 ↗ so again really appreciate the

1:14:39 ↗ discussion we had last month your your

1:14:42 ↗ feedback was very helpful in shaping

1:14:43 ↗ that project

1:14:46 ↗ that's the end of my report brad thank

1:14:47 ↗ you hey jeff

1:14:49 ↗ um is there going to be enough fencing

1:14:53 ↗ to set up uh at the community center uh

1:14:57 ↗ seamlessly

1:14:58 ↗ um or is there gonna be a break in may

1:15:02 ↗ for the dog park no same same thing

1:15:05 ↗ applies so we're able to hopscotch so we

1:15:07 ↗ will

1:15:08 ↗ end of may we will set up the

1:15:11 ↗ fourth dog park tour site at the

1:15:12 ↗ community center before we

1:15:15 ↗ close squat valley park

1:15:20 ↗ any other questions for jeff i

1:15:24 ↗ i just have a question about the dog

1:15:25 ↗ park so um curious if there have been

1:15:28 ↗ challenges or um kind of what

1:15:33 ↗ like initially are there any lessons

1:15:35 ↗ learned from the first go-around

1:15:40 ↗ uh boy um not an exhaustive list

1:15:44 ↗ no i i think recognition of

1:15:48 ↗ this dog park tour is not going to

1:15:50 ↗ alleviate all of

1:15:51 ↗ the off-leash dog needs in the community

1:15:54 ↗ right

1:15:55 ↗ i think it's confirmation of that

1:16:01 ↗ but yeah i think to go with the size and

1:16:05 ↗ scale of

1:16:06 ↗ of any of these interim parks uh

1:16:08 ↗ danielle i

1:16:09 ↗ i think it's recognition and

1:16:10 ↗ confirmation it's probably not meeting

1:16:12 ↗ the entire

1:16:13 ↗ community need um for a single space of

1:16:16 ↗ this size

1:16:17 ↗ you know less than an acre size

1:16:20 ↗ are they pretty is it pretty crowded

1:16:22 ↗ have they been

1:16:23 ↗ crowded or good question uh i

1:16:26 ↗ no you know i haven't been there at all

1:16:29 ↗ times but

1:16:29 ↗ certainly as i observed pickering i

1:16:31 ↗ think there was a you know that

1:16:33 ↗ size space which was the smallest of the

1:16:36 ↗ three

1:16:36 ↗ tour sites um probably

1:16:40 ↗ comfortably accommodated i'd say upwards

1:16:42 ↗ of a dozen dogs

1:16:44 ↗ um and owners um if it got any

1:16:48 ↗ more than that it probably started to

1:16:49 ↗ feel a bit crowded

1:16:51 ↗ uh squawk is a little bigger space um

1:16:54 ↗ again i i you know when i went by on

1:16:57 ↗ saturday i would say there were probably

1:16:58 ↗ 15

1:16:59 ↗ plus dogs out there

1:17:02 ↗ very comfortably spaced okay

1:17:07 ↗ um and then i'll just echo like i'm so

1:17:10 ↗ glad you guys are starting the

1:17:11 ↗ basketball

1:17:12 ↗ um my kids have outgrown outgrown that

1:17:15 ↗ stage but um

1:17:16 ↗ you know anything that we can do to

1:17:20 ↗ provide an opportunity for kids to

1:17:23 ↗ recreate and socialize it is desperately

1:17:25 ↗ needed in this community

1:17:27 ↗ so thank you

1:17:31 ↗ in reference to the dog park i think

1:17:33 ↗ it's going to be good here

1:17:35 ↗ somewhat maybe towards the end of the

1:17:36 ↗ year after the third phase of this

1:17:39 ↗ uh to start getting some feedback from

1:17:41 ↗ the people um

1:17:43 ↗ you know to help us you know with you

1:17:45 ↗ know some of the issues that we

1:17:47 ↗ had any concerns with for the permanent

1:17:49 ↗ dog park so at some point

1:17:51 ↗ you know be nice to put out a survey to

1:17:53 ↗ those people or know who it is that's

1:17:56 ↗ you know that that used it and

1:17:59 ↗ what they liked what they didn't like

1:18:00 ↗ you know the more we can get

1:18:02 ↗ you know the better agreed

1:18:05 ↗ and also along those lines people's

1:18:07 ↗ memories are short sometimes so

1:18:10 ↗ it might be nice like you know now and

1:18:12 ↗ maybe you've already done this but

1:18:13 ↗ now that you've transitioned from

1:18:16 ↗ picture into a squawk to ask people

1:18:18 ↗ what their thoughts were on pickering um

1:18:21 ↗ you know and then kind of each time

1:18:23 ↗ right and so like as you go later you'll

1:18:25 ↗ get people comparing

1:18:26 ↗ them to the different ones but you don't

1:18:28 ↗ want to lose that

1:18:29 ↗ input on on pickering right if we wait

1:18:32 ↗ for a couple

1:18:33 ↗ sessions and you might only get people

1:18:35 ↗ talking about

1:18:37 ↗ the community center one agreed

1:18:43 ↗ uh hey ryan looks like you're up

1:18:47 ↗ all right well um since last park board

1:18:50 ↗ meeting the advisory board has met

1:18:52 ↗ twice both of those meetings uh were

1:18:55 ↗ primarily work meetings we have

1:18:57 ↗ 10 different groups that work on

1:18:58 ↗ different types of projects and usually

1:19:00 ↗ they meet outside our scheduled meetings

1:19:02 ↗ but since people have been pretty busy

1:19:03 ↗ in january with finals

1:19:05 ↗ we decided we wanted those meetings just

1:19:07 ↗ to work on our different projects

1:19:10 ↗ in terms of events one group put on a

1:19:12 ↗ valentine's day craft sort of thing

1:19:14 ↗ over zoom it was sort of a teaching

1:19:17 ↗ thing they taught the kids how to make

1:19:18 ↗ crafts

1:19:20 ↗ and that was in earlier february um

1:19:24 ↗ and other than that we have a meeting

1:19:25 ↗ tomorrow that's going to be another work

1:19:27 ↗ meeting

1:19:28 ↗ um since people were sort of off on

1:19:31 ↗ break not really working on staff

1:19:32 ↗ relaxing

1:19:34 ↗ um and beyond that we plan to have more

1:19:36 ↗ events in march and april

1:19:40 ↗ great thanks for that and thank you for

1:19:42 ↗ joining us to

1:19:43 ↗ inform us about that appreciate that

1:19:45 ↗ greatly

1:19:48 ↗ uh jeff you got anything from the mayor

1:19:54 ↗ uh nothing new other than again a big

1:19:58 ↗ thank you

1:19:58 ↗ i know as we forwarded the central park

1:20:00 ↗ turf project to council

1:20:02 ↗ she too was very appreciative of the

1:20:05 ↗ discussion we had at our last park board

1:20:06 ↗ meeting so

1:20:08 ↗ on behalf of the mayor big thanks

1:20:13 ↗ anybody else have any other

1:20:16 ↗ business or announcements

1:20:22 ↗ looks like uh we're winding down to

1:20:24 ↗ closure here so

1:20:26 ↗ uh thanks everybody for um making it

1:20:29 ↗ tonight

1:20:30 ↗ and uh keep yourself safe and uh

1:20:33 ↗ we'll do this again next month so

1:20:36 ↗ with that meeting is adjourned have a

1:20:39 ↗ good evening

1:20:41 ↗ thanks so much thanks everyone good

1:20:42 ↗ night everybody

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